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Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4) by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Countries reporting
223
Highest
39.53 kt
China
Lowest
0 kt
Niue
Median
0.0172 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,371

What the numbers show

Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4) is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 39.53 kt in China; the lowest is 0 kt in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0172 kt, and the mean is 0.6392 kt.

Over the past decade 158 countries rose and 64 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 3,516.0%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 72.0%).

Food Household Consumption — Emissions: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 39.53 kt 2023 down 11.0% falling
2 China, mainland 39.05 kt 2023 down 11.1% falling
3 OECD 15.15 kt 2023 down 20.6% falling
4 Russian Federation 6.31 kt 2023 up 100.2% falling
5 India 4.66 kt 2023 down 6.3% volatile
6 Kazakhstan 3.92 kt 2023 up 310.9% volatile
7 Poland 3.54 kt 2023 down 35.5% falling
8 Indonesia 2.72 kt 2023 up 231.0% volatile
9 Algeria 1.96 kt 2023 up 57.4% rising
10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.67 kt 2023 up 32.4% rising
11 Thailand 1.58 kt 2023 up 117.9% volatile
12 Brazil 1.37 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
13 Viet Nam 1.28 kt 2023 down 3.6% volatile
14 Germany 1.14 kt 2023 down 4.5% flat
15 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.06 kt 2023 down 17.5% falling
16 Egypt 0.9376 kt 2023 down 15.2% rising
17 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.9341 kt 2023 down 20.5% falling
18 Japan 0.8036 kt 2023 down 5.8% rising
19 Mexico 0.7462 kt 2023 down 34.5% falling
20 Uzbekistan 0.6575 kt 2023 down 4.8% rising
21 Türkiye 0.5828 kt 2023 down 38.8% flat
22 Morocco 0.5339 kt 2023 up 27.9% volatile
23 Canada 0.53 kt 2023 down 2.0% rising
24 Colombia 0.5171 kt 2023 up 63.1% rising
25 Italy 0.5044 kt 2023 down 29.6% flat
26 Saudi Arabia 0.4725 kt 2023 up 0.7% rising
27 Argentina 0.4633 kt 2023 up 16.3% rising
28 Republic of Korea 0.4205 kt 2023 down 2.8% rising
29 Ukraine 0.4144 kt 2023 down 72.0% volatile
30 China, Taiwan Province of 0.4075 kt 2023 up 1.8% rising
31 Malaysia 0.4042 kt 2023 up 43.3% rising
32 Iraq 0.365 kt 2023 up 21.6% rising
33 France 0.3456 kt 2023 down 32.6% falling
34 Pakistan 0.3091 kt 2023 up 35.7% rising
35 Philippines 0.3074 kt 2023 up 81.4% rising
36 Tajikistan 0.2663 kt 2023 up 3,516.0% volatile
37 Caribbean 0.2399 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
38 Mongolia 0.2196 kt 2023 down 13.5% volatile
39 Australia and New Zealand 0.2178 kt 2023 up 6.9% rising
40 Australia 0.2053 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
41 Guatemala 0.2031 kt 2023 up 26.4% volatile
42 Spain 0.1962 kt 2023 down 22.3% falling
43 Peru 0.1709 kt 2023 up 23.5% rising
44 Romania 0.1648 kt 2023 up 14.4% falling
45 Tunisia 0.1647 kt 2023 up 34.6% rising
46 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.1614 kt 2023 down 41.7% falling
47 Ecuador 0.1584 kt 2023 up 16.5% rising
48 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.1565 kt 2023 down 44.0% rising
49 Portugal 0.1498 kt 2023 up 36.2% rising
50 Nigeria 0.1449 kt 2023 up 952.2% volatile
51 Libya 0.1261 kt 2023 up 21.8% falling
52 Azerbaijan 0.1232 kt 2023 up 42.0% rising
53 Czechia 0.1206 kt 2023 down 51.0% falling
54 Bangladesh 0.1079 kt 2023 up 54.2% volatile
55 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.1079 kt 2023 up 40.0% rising
56 Belgium 0.1065 kt 2023 down 49.5% falling
57 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1015 kt 2023 up 416.0% volatile
58 Hungary 0.1013 kt 2023 down 5.9% falling
59 Afghanistan 0.1008 kt 2023 up 67.9% volatile
60 Yemen 0.0986 kt 2023 down 0.2% rising
61 Angola 0.0937 kt 2023 up 63.9% volatile
62 Belarus 0.0901 kt 2023 down 3.7% falling
63 El Salvador 0.088 kt 2023 up 87.2% volatile
64 Honduras 0.0857 kt 2023 up 139.3% volatile
65 Sudan 0.0841 kt 2023 up 35.7% rising
66 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0801 kt 2023 up 1.3% rising
67 Jordan 0.0792 kt 2023 up 51.7% rising
68 Kuwait 0.0785 kt 2023 up 21.4% rising
69 Cuba 0.0754 kt 2023 down 1.6% rising
70 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.0744 kt 2023 down 14.2% rising
71 Ireland 0.0737 kt 2023 down 62.6% falling
72 Dominican Republic 0.0735 kt 2023 up 30.0% rising
73 Austria 0.0693 kt 2023 down 35.2% falling
74 Uganda 0.0689 kt 2023 up 1,005.6% volatile
75 Slovakia 0.0666 kt 2023 up 7.1% rising
76 United Arab Emirates 0.0651 kt 2023 down 22.5% rising
77 Georgia 0.0619 kt 2023 up 114.8% volatile
78 Singapore 0.0608 kt 2023 down 2.1% rising
79 Cambodia 0.0605 kt 2023 up 657.4% volatile
80 Switzerland 0.0596 kt 2023 down 8.3% rising
81 Sri Lanka 0.0582 kt 2023 up 85.9% volatile
82 Bulgaria 0.0528 kt 2023 down 55.9% volatile
83 Lebanon 0.0524 kt 2023 up 1.0% rising
84 Panama 0.0524 kt 2023 up 69.4% volatile
85 Republic of Moldova 0.0517 kt 2023 down 31.7% volatile
86 Nicaragua 0.0504 kt 2023 up 40.8% volatile
87 Chile 0.0502 kt 2023 down 46.6% rising
88 Senegal 0.0475 kt 2023 up 125.3% rising
89 Nepal 0.0439 kt 2023 up 82.6% volatile
90 Israel 0.0433 kt 2023 down 38.3% flat
91 Palestine 0.043 kt 2023 up 85.0% rising
92 Sweden 0.0427 kt 2023 up 17.3% rising
93 Oman 0.0421 kt 2023 up 38.3% rising
94 Norway 0.0417 kt 2023 up 30.3% rising
95 Sudan (former) 0.0405 kt 2011 up 289.1% volatile
96 Qatar 0.0402 kt 2023 up 56.9% volatile
97 Myanmar 0.0368 kt 2023 up 322.4% volatile
98 Ghana 0.0339 kt 2023 up 6.5% volatile
99 Armenia 0.0323 kt 2023 up 62.7% volatile
100 Puerto Rico 0.0318 kt 2023 up 0.3% falling
101 Kyrgyzstan 0.0302 kt 2023 down 6.4% volatile
102 Lithuania 0.0268 kt 2023 down 51.8% falling
103 Greece 0.025 kt 2023 down 55.2% falling
104 Bahrain 0.0231 kt 2023 up 63.9% rising
105 Uruguay 0.0201 kt 2023 down 5.4% rising
106 Serbia 0.0189 kt 2023 up 4.7% flat
107 Denmark 0.0186 kt 2023 down 46.6% falling
108 Burkina Faso 0.018 kt 2023 up 170.8% volatile
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0178 kt 2023 up 6.4% rising
110 Costa Rica 0.0177 kt 2023 up 64.4% rising
111 Finland 0.0175 kt 2023 down 2.6% falling
112 Croatia 0.0172 kt 2023 down 2.9% rising
113 Cameroon 0.0171 kt 2023 up 31.2% rising
114 Zimbabwe 0.0157 kt 2023 up 66.8% volatile
115 United Republic of Tanzania 0.0154 kt 2023 up 129.8% volatile
116 Mauritania 0.0153 kt 2023 up 32.9% volatile
117 Kenya 0.0143 kt 2023 up 204.3% volatile
118 Albania 0.0133 kt 2023 up 9.0% volatile
119 Jamaica 0.0129 kt 2023 up 45.2% rising
120 New Zealand 0.0125 kt 2023 up 16.1% volatile
121 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.011 kt 2023 up 202.1% volatile
122 Turkmenistan 0.0108 kt 2023 up 47.5% rising
123 Niger 0.0104 kt 2023 up 202.9% volatile
124 Mauritius 0.0092 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
125 Brunei Darussalam 0.0091 kt 2023 up 2.6% rising
126 Latvia 0.0088 kt 2023 down 57.5% volatile
127 Luxembourg 0.0084 kt 2023 up 19.9% rising
128 Chad 0.0082 kt 2023 up 63.9% rising
129 Mali 0.0081 kt 2023 up 76.9% volatile
130 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.008 kt 2010 up 21.8% rising
131 Gabon 0.0078 kt 2023 up 4.0% rising
132 Estonia 0.0067 kt 2023 down 28.0% volatile
133 Benin 0.0062 kt 2023 up 165.4% volatile
134 Belize 0.0061 kt 2023 up 96.6% rising
135 Togo 0.0058 kt 2023 up 92.1% volatile
136 Guyana 0.0058 kt 2023 up 36.3% rising
137 Serbia and Montenegro 0.0058 kt 2004 up 2.4% rising
138 Suriname 0.0057 kt 2023 up 8.6% rising
139 Slovenia 0.0056 kt 2023 down 4.3% rising
140 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0056 kt 2023 up 186.6% volatile
141 Curaçao 0.0055 kt 2023 up 1.2% flat
142 Haiti 0.0054 kt 2023 down 20.6% volatile
143 Cyprus 0.0051 kt 2023 up 17.5% rising
144 Paraguay 0.0049 kt 2023 up 59.9% volatile
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0048 kt 2023 up 13.7% rising
146 Botswana 0.0047 kt 2023 down 46.3% rising
147 Malawi 0.0047 kt 2023 up 143.3% volatile
148 Bahamas 0.0046 kt 2023 down 0.0% falling
149 Maldives 0.0035 kt 2023 up 59.9% volatile
150 North Macedonia 0.0034 kt 2023 down 13.1% rising
151 Congo 0.0034 kt 2023 up 109.1% volatile
152 Djibouti 0.0033 kt 2023 up 226.9% volatile
153 Mozambique 0.0028 kt 2023 up 170.0% volatile
154 Malta 0.0027 kt 2023 down 28.7% falling
155 Lesotho 0.0027 kt 2023 up 39.5% volatile
156 Barbados 0.0025 kt 2023 up 2.0% falling
157 Ethiopia 0.0024 kt 2023 up 110.2% volatile
158 China, Macao SAR 0.0023 kt 2023 down 6.2% rising
159 Melanesia 0.0023 kt 2023 up 20.4% rising
160 Aruba 0.002 kt 2023 up 10.9% rising
161 Madagascar 0.002 kt 2023 up 60.3% rising
162 Zambia 0.002 kt 2023 up 35.3% volatile
163 Cabo Verde 0.0019 kt 2023 up 30.7% rising
164 Guinea 0.0019 kt 2023 up 203.6% volatile
165 Bhutan 0.0018 kt 2023 up 25.4% rising
166 Rwanda 0.0016 kt 2023 up 186.8% volatile
167 Eswatini 0.0014 kt 2023 down 0.5% volatile
168 Guadeloupe 0.0014 kt 2010 up 23.2% falling
169 Saint Lucia 0.0014 kt 2023 up 10.1% rising
170 Equatorial Guinea 0.0013 kt 2023 up 18.2% volatile
171 Fiji 0.0013 kt 2023 up 35.2% rising
172 Anguilla 0.0012 kt 2023 up 64.0% rising
173 Seychelles 0.0011 kt 2023 up 175.4% volatile
174 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0011 kt 2023 up 0.4% rising
175 Burundi 0.0011 kt 2023 up 144.2% volatile
176 Iceland 0.001 kt 2023 up 20.2% rising
177 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0009 kt 2023 up 9.9% rising
178 Sierra Leone 0.0009 kt 2023 up 1,277.9% volatile
179 Montenegro 0.0009 kt 2023 up 8.1% rising
180 Grenada 0.0009 kt 2023 up 1.7% rising
181 South Sudan 0.0008 kt 2023 up 14.3% rising
182 Timor-Leste 0.0008 kt 2023 up 352.3% volatile
183 Eritrea 0.0008 kt 2023 up 40.0% rising
184 Papua New Guinea 0.0007 kt 2023 up 24.5% volatile
185 Namibia 0.0007 kt 2023 up 26.1% rising
186 Polynesia 0.0006 kt 2023 up 21.9% rising
187 French Guiana 0.0006 kt 2010 up 4.8% rising
188 Cayman Islands 0.0006 kt 2023 up 29.5% rising
189 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0006 kt 2023 up 29.1% volatile
190 Comoros 0.0005 kt 2023 up 402.9% volatile
191 Dominica 0.0005 kt 2023 up 6.2% rising
192 Isle of Man 0.0005 kt 2023 down 22.5% rising
193 Somalia 0.0005 kt 2023 up 47.4% rising
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0005 kt 2023 up 15.4% falling
195 French Polynesia 0.0004 kt 2023 up 8.0% rising
196 Guinea-Bissau 0.0004 kt 2023 up 594.2% volatile
197 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0003 kt 2023 up 18.7% rising
198 Gibraltar 0.0003 kt 2023 down 11.3% falling
199 New Caledonia 0.0002 kt 2023 down 24.5% falling
200 Montserrat 0.0002 kt 2023 up 74.6% volatile
201 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0002 kt 2023 down 3.3% flat
202 Micronesia 0.0002 kt 2023 up 25.5% falling
203 Andorra 0.0001 kt 2023 up 5.1% falling
204 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0001 kt 2023 up 74.1% volatile
205 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0001 kt 2023 up 18.0% rising
206 Bermuda 0.0001 kt 2023 up 19.2% volatile
207 Tonga 0.0001 kt 2023 up 54.7% volatile
208 Samoa 0.0001 kt 2023 up 67.2% volatile
208 Mayotte 0.0001 kt 2010 up 142.9% rising
210 Vanuatu 0.0001 kt 2023 up 11.5% rising
211 Jersey 0.0001 kt 2023 down 39.3% flat
212 Saint Barthélemy 0.0001 kt 2023 up 5.0% rising
213 Greenland 0 kt 2023 up 2.2% volatile
214 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 up 46.4% rising
215 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2023 down 7.3% falling
216 Palau 0 kt 2023 up 54.5% falling
217 Solomon Islands 0 kt 2023 down 28.9% flat
218 Nauru 0 kt 2023 up 127.3% rising
218 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kt 2023 up 4.2% falling
220 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 up 11.1% rising
221 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 up 12.5% volatile
222 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt 2023 down 46.7% falling
223 Niue 0 kt 2023 unchanged rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
261 places, 8,371 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.